My silly pullet Dusty has been broody, sitting on air for over two weeks. I just happened to set some BBS Orps and Barred EEs in the bator the day after she went broody. They are on Day 16 today. She had been in the Orp coop the entire time, taking up one of the only two nests we have in there. We set up a dog kennel in the storage area of the Delaware coop day before yesterday and put her in it. She refused to sit on the nest, jumped against the sides and turned over the food and after several hours, I put her back in with Suede, where she promptly went to the nest.
We decided yesterday to give it another shot. This time she wasn't completely unfamiliar with the crate and sat on the plastic "lure" eggs I put in there. This morning, when she settled back on the eggs after her morning "poop and eat" session, we removed the seven eggs from the Hova and placed them under her, with her pecking my DH's hands the entire time. I think she will be the first mean broody I've ever had, LOL. Here is when she was hogging the nest (with Suede wondering what the heck is wrong with that growly woman, LOL) and then, the setup she has now where she will hatch the chicks. Please ignore the dust--spring cleaning is just around the corner:
We decided yesterday to give it another shot. This time she wasn't completely unfamiliar with the crate and sat on the plastic "lure" eggs I put in there. This morning, when she settled back on the eggs after her morning "poop and eat" session, we removed the seven eggs from the Hova and placed them under her, with her pecking my DH's hands the entire time. I think she will be the first mean broody I've ever had, LOL. Here is when she was hogging the nest (with Suede wondering what the heck is wrong with that growly woman, LOL) and then, the setup she has now where she will hatch the chicks. Please ignore the dust--spring cleaning is just around the corner:
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